This document contains practice problems related to vector calculus topics like divergence, curl, and tensor operations. There are 12 multi-part questions covering concepts such as determining principal values of matrices, showing identities involving divergence and curl, and parametric representations of curves.
This document contains practice problems related to vector calculus topics like divergence, curl, and tensor operations. There are 12 multi-part questions covering concepts such as determining principal values of matrices, showing identities involving divergence and curl, and parametric representations of curves.
This document contains practice problems related to vector calculus topics like divergence, curl, and tensor operations. There are 12 multi-part questions covering concepts such as determining principal values of matrices, showing identities involving divergence and curl, and parametric representations of curves.
This document contains practice problems related to vector calculus topics like divergence, curl, and tensor operations. There are 12 multi-part questions covering concepts such as determining principal values of matrices, showing identities involving divergence and curl, and parametric representations of curves.
Problems: 1. Determine the principal values and directions of the following matrices. Use the determined principal directions to establish a principal coordinate system, and formally transform (rotate) the given matrix into the principal system to arrive at the appropriate diagonal form. −1 1 0 −2 1 0 −1 1 0 (a) 1 −1 0, (b) 1 −2 0, (c) 1 −1 0, 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2. Verify in general that the product Aij Bij will vanish if Aij is symmetric and Bij is antisymmetric. ′ ′ ′ ′ ′ 3. Given that Sij =ai aj and Sij =ai aj , where ai =Qmi am , and Qik Qjk = δij , show that Sii =Sii .
4. Given that Tij = 2µEij + λEkk δij , show that (a) Tij Eij = 2µEij Eij + λ(Ekk )2 and (b) Tij Tij = 4µ2 Eij Eij + (Ekk )2 (4µλ + 3λ2 ) 5. Using index notations, show that u · (v × w) = 0 if vectors u, v and w are linearly dependent. 6. Calculate the quantities ∇ · u, ∇ × u, ∇2 u, ∇u, tr(∇u) for the following Cartesian vector fields. (a)u = x1 ê1 + x1 x2 ê2 + 2x1 x2 x3 ê3 (b)u = x21 ê1 + 2x1 x2 ê2 + x33 ê3 (c)u = x22 ê1 + 2x2 x3 ê2 + 4x21 ê3
7. Evaluate (a) ∂x∂ k (aij xj ) ∂ (b) ∂x l (aijk xi xj xk )
8. Proof the following identity for any 2nd order tensor A and vectors a, b and vector c : [Aa, b, c] + [a, Ab, c] + [a, b, Ac] = tr(A)[a, b, c] where [a, b, c] denotes scalar triple product of vectors. a, b and vector c are linearly independent vectors. Aa denotes tensor A operating on vector a 9. let u and v two vector fields show that: div(u × v) = v · curlu − u · curlv 10. Find the divergence and curl of the vector fields: (a) = cos(x1 x2 )ê1 − sin(x3 )ê2 + x1 x2 x3 ê3 (b) = sin(x1 + x2 )ê1 − sin(x2 )ê2 + (x1 x2 + x3 )ê3 11. Find the derivatives of the function 7x1 x2 + 4 cos(x3 ) + x2 x3 2 at (9, 8, 7) along a unit vector parallel to 4ê1 − 5ê2 12. Parametric representation of curves. What curves are represented by the followings? Can you sketch them?
13. For the above curves, at the point represented by some t, find the unit tangent vector in each case. 14. Verify Green’s Theorem for C (xy 2 + x2 ) dx + (4x − 1) dy where C is shown below by (a) computing the line integral H
directly and (b) using Green’s Theorem to compute the line integral.
